Key-ring holder



Aug. 7, 1928.

E. SPRAUL KEY RING HOLDER Filed Feb. 6, 1928 Patented Aug. 7, 1928".

UNITED STATES EDWIN SPRAUL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' KEY-RING HOLDER.

Application filed February 6, 1928. Serial No. 252,108.

This invention is a key ring holder. The main object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical and eflicient device for holding and carrying keys, held by a key ring, upon the clothing of a person, as upon the trouser belt.

Another object is to provide a key ring holder that will securely hold a key ring containing keys, and prevent the key ring from working out of the holder accidentally, while permitting the read release of the key ring and keys by a snnple movement of the hand.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of the claim, minor changes may be made in the precise embodiment shown, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention asattached to a trouser belt, and su ortin a ke ring;

I igure a is a frontal elevation of the invention as attached toa trouser belt;

Figure 3 is a side elevation;

Figure 4 is a. section on the line 44 of Fi ure 3.

eferring more particularly to the drawing, in constructing my invention, I take a thin, flat strip of nickeled spring brass, or other suitable material, and bend same to form an upper loop 1, a lower loop 2, the intermediate connecting strip 3, the outer, ring receiving strip or tongue 4 and the medial, upwardly projected ring guard strip 5. The loops 1 and 2 are relatively expanded as shown, while the strips 3, 4 and 5 are brought quite, closely together, the strip 3,

- however, being spaced slightly farther away from the strip 5, than is the strip 4, so as to permit a more ready passage of a key ring 6 down through the ey way 7 formed-between the strips 3 and 5. However, this key way 7 should not be sufiiciently open to allow of the accidental removal of the ring 6. On the other hand, the tongue 4 is pressed more closely to the guard strip 5, and the extremity thereof is turned outward to form a lip 8 to facilitate the entrance of the ring 6. The strips 3, 4 and 5 are all made concavo-convex on a cross section, as shown in Figure 4, the concavo faces of the strips being all" turned in one direction towards the tongue 4 side of the device. Thus the said strips are nested,'so to speak. This curvature should substantially conform to the curvature of the key rin 6, and facilitates the insertion of the ring into the holder. Theupper extremity 9 of the guard strip 5 projects up and slightly into the upper loop 1, as an additional safeguard against the accidental displacement of the ring 6.

This holder may be secured to the trouser belt 10 in any conventional manner, as by the connecting ring 11 seated within the secondary loop 12 within the main loop 1, the said connecting ring 11 being in turn passed through the belt loop 13 upon the belt 10.

In use the ring 6 is passed up under the lip 8, between the tongue 4 and guard 5, up over the extremity 9 ofthe guard within the loop 1, and then down through the key way 7 into the lower loop 2.

I claim; a

A key ring holder formed integrally of a thin, flat strip of material and comprising an upper loop, a lower loop, an intermediate connecting strip for the loops, an outer ring receiving tongue strip and a medial up wardly projected ring guard strip having its upper extremity extended into the said upper loop, the said strips being all formed concavo-convex on a cross section, and assembled in nested relation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWIN SPRAUL 

